FLYING MAUCAUCO. 
that we should, perhaps, have been strongly 
tempted to reje6t any avowal of the alliance, 
had the name not been suggested by an autho- 
rity so great as that of this superlative natura- 
list. It is but just to remark, however, that 
equal obje61:ion might possibly be made to any 
other precise denomination, borrowed from a 
diiferent quadruped: so that the want of abso- 
lute perfe6lion may be as well sustained in him 
who, perhaps, approaches it the nearest, as in 
those who are unable to boast any such pre- 
tensions. 
